THE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES OF CANADA TO RELEASE THE 1972 CABINET CONCLUSIONS AND DOCUMENTS

April 10, 2003 (Ottawa) The Library and Archives of Canada is releasing the 1972 Cabinet Conclusions and Documents of the Twentieth Ministry of the Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979).

The official release will take place on Wednesday, April 16, 2003, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., at the Library and Archives of Canada, Room 156, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa.

Digitized copies of the Cabinet Conclusions can be viewed on the Library and Archives of Canada Web site at www.collectionscanada.ca, as of 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15, 2003. These records can be accessed on the site by searching the Cabinet Conclusions database within ArchiviaNet. Detailed search instructions are available online.

Some of the more prominent issues of 1972 include:

• The James Bay Hydro Project
• Ontario's request for representation in Washington
• Offshore mineral rights
• Bilingual positions in the Public Service
• Control of the domestic economic environment
• Negotiations with E.B. Eddy regarding the Place du Portage complex
• Uranium marketing
• The Goose Bay U.S. Air Force base
• Canada's New Horizons Program
• The Le Dain Commission

After this session, these Cabinet Conclusions and Documents will be available at Reference Services on the Third Floor of the Library and Archives of Canada, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa.

Journalists are encouraged to confirm their attendance at the Cabinet Conclusions and Documents release event by contacting Louisa Coates, Media Relations Officer, Library and Archives of Canada.

For more information please contact:

Louisa Coates
Media Relations
Library and Archives of Canada
E-mail: media@lac-bac.gc.ca